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News Release from: Trelleborg Automotive
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 25 June 2007

Automotive company opens Romanian
facility

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Trelleborg's new production site in Dej, Romania will produce engine and chassis mounting systems.

The Trelleborg Automotive business area has opened a manufacturing facility in Dej, Romania The increased production capacity from this plant allows the company to support the activities of their existing customers Audi, Dacia, Ford, Peugeot and Renault, by providing local supply to their Romanian and Eastern European plants

"We have a strong global platform that will be further re-inforced by this plant", says Trelleborg President and CEO Peter Nilsson.

"In the automotive sector we recognise that we must be close to the companies we supply to fulfill just-in-time requirements".

"This facility continues our strategic investment within the developing automotive sector in Eastern Europe".

The production site in Dej will produce engine and chassis mounting systems.

The plant will initially be supplying the Renault Dacia plant where the Logan is assembled.

Demand there is strong and the investment is in response to increasing component volumes.

The Dej facility will have about 100 employees by the end of the year and is designed to meet stringent environmental standards.

"We now have a best-in-class facility with enough capacity to meet growing requirements", says Henrique Fischer, President, Trelleborg Automotive Europe.

The inauguration on 21st June was attended by guests from all around the world, including representatives from Renault Dacia, General Motors and BMW, personnel from the facility's supply base, along with the mayor, key people from the local community and management and personnel from Trelleborg Automotive.

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